Agalloch Break Up

Portland metal outfit Agalloch have broken up. The group announced their split today on Facebook. "John Haughm and the rest of the band (Don Anderson, Jason Walton, and Aesop Dekker) have parted ways," reads the statement in part. "What the future holds for the separate parties remains undetermined." View Agalloch's full farewell message below, and watch the video for their song "Not Unlike the Waves," off 2006's AshesAgainst the Grain.

Update (5:39 p.m. ET): Founding member John Haughm has released a statement regarding Agalloch's breakup on the band's Facebook page. The multi-instrumentalist took responsibility for the split, which he said had been in the works for several years. "I simply could not continue any further with the band as it was," he explained. "I had to make a change as my motivation and inspiration had started to completely deteriorate." Haughm also addressed the possibility of a reunion. "The band has simply been reduced back to its founding, visionary member for the first time in 20 years," he said. "Beyond that, the future is unknown." Scroll down for his full remarks.

Haughm founded Agalloch in 1996. Originally conceived as a duo, the project soon expanded into a full band. In 1999, the outfit released their debut album Pale Folklore. Agalloch stayed active throughout the aughts and beyond, cranking out four additional albums, plus a host of EPs and compilations. Pitchfork recognized the group's most recent effort, The Serpent & the Sphere, as one of the best metal albums of 2014.